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West Virginia University Soil Testing Laboratory

Extended Grazing Reduces Winter Feed Costs

Why a Nutrient Management Plan?

Want To Extend Grazing Season?

Overgrazing Can Hurt Environment, Your Pocketbook

Forage Budgeting Helps Producers Manage Livestock

Forage Testing Labs

Effects of Drought Conditions on Commonly Fed Forages Forages

Management for Drought Recovery

Fall Drought Management for Pastures and Meadows

Ammonia Treatment to Increase Forage Quality

Nitrate Toxicity in Drought-Stressed Forages

Fibrous Feed Alternative - Soybean Hulls

Pasture Forage Quality in West Virginia

An On-Farm Research Report for 1999 to 2001

Harvest and Storage Management Affect Hay Quality

Pasture Improved with Tillage Treatment Seed

The Value of Agricultural Limestone

Understanding Forage Analysis Important To Livestock Producers

Pasture Forage Quality in West Virginia

Sampling Pastures for Nutritive Analysis

Estimating Pasture Forage Mass From Pasture Height

Sampling Hay and Haylage

Control of Common Pasture and Hayfield Weeds

Proper Handling and Curing of Hay

Hay Quality vs Hay Quantity

2000 Agronomy Handbook

Drought Frequency in the Northeastern United States

How to Estimate the Value of Timber in Your Woodlot

Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States
Good Shepherd Farm Files

WVU Extension Service Links

Predator Control

Alpaca Supplies

Alpaca Fiber Processing
Alpaca Products

Alpaca Shearers

Alpaca Veterinary Services

Alpaca Reading

Alpaca Organizations
A Message from the Commissioner
Agriculture, like most industries, is constantly changing.

As an important contributor to the Mountain State, agriculture is more than the 20,000
family farms that can be found throughout West Virginia.

A recent quantitative study to determine the economic impact of the more than 400
agribusinesses statewide found that these success stories generated over $100 million in
revenue last year. From honey to salsa, maple syrup to hot peppers, these diverse
businesses not only benefit our economy, but also serve as ambassadors of the great
things available in West Virginia.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is more than farming. We work each day to
accomplish the many priorities that face agriculture, economic development, public health
and our environment. I accept these challenges as Commissioner of Agriculture and look
forward to building on past successes while growing a better West Virginia that we leave
to future generations.